[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #754 HackFix
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:06:21 -0700
MikesWhatsNews 29 , 10, 2004
in today's issue #754
1 New Generation of AVG Free Edition to Replace Current 6.0 Free
Edition
2 Blu-Ray
3 Halloween-online
4 Windows XP Release 2
5 Virtual Server 2005
6 HarddiskOgg
7 Renepo Worm Targets Apple Mac OS X Users
8 CCC Halloween Special Effects
9 Keeping Windows Up To Date
10 Netscape 7.2
11 Organize Your Desktop
HackFix Updates
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New Generation of AVG Free Edition to Replace Current 6.0 Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/5443/lng/us
GRISOFT is pleased to announce that the next generation of AVG Free will be
available soon!
The new AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition, which is currently available for Beta
testing, is scheduled to be Generally Available at the beginning of
November.
All current AVG 6.0 Free users will be able to upgrade to the new AVG Free
Edition before December 31, 2004 or purchase the full AVG Anti-Virus
protection at any time.
AVG Anti-Virus 6.0 FREE Edition will be discontinued on December 31, 2004,
and virus database and program updates for this edition will no longer be
available.
In order to provide sufficient time to upgrade to the new AVG Free, all AVG
Anti-Virus 6.0 Free users will be informed through the update process in the
coming weeks about the availability of the upgrade.
GRISOFT continues to provide improved overall computer security by providing
free anti-virus tool for home users.We are excited about the new release of
AVG Free and think that you will be, too!
Thank you for using AVG Free!
The GRISOFT Team
- October 27, 2004 -
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Blu-ray
http://www.blu-ray.com/
Ceatec Japan 2004, which is one of Asia's largest consumer electronics and
IT shows, was recently held and drew more than 180,000 visitors this year.
Companies that were showing Blu-ray related products include JVC, Panasonic,
Pioneer, Mitsubishi, Mitsumi, Sharp, Sony, and TDK. The Blu-ray Disc
Association (BDA) also had a booth where they were offering general
information about the BDA and the Blu-ray Disc format. The group is
currently in the process of evaluating advanced audio codecs and finalizing
the logical/application format for BD-ROM discs, which they expect to be
finished by the end of the year. For more information and lots of photos,
please check out our Ceatec Japan 2004 report.
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Halloween Online
http://www.halloween-online.com/
This is not a links page!
Halloween Online has created every website listed here to act as individual
"how-to guides" to help make your Halloween celebration as fun and frightful
as possible.
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4
Windows XP Release 2
http://www.winxpnews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=041026TI-Release_2
The 'Net is abuzz this week with the news that there will be a new release
of Windows XP (now being referred to as "Release 2") prior to the release of
Longhorn, XP's successor. The source is none other than Steve Ballmer, CEO
of Microsoft, who apparently let the cat out of the bag at a Gartner
Symposium in Orlando, FL on October 21. Speculation has it that the new XP
will come out sometime next year, with Longhorn expected in 2006.
From; WinXPnews? E-Zine http://www.winxpnews.com
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5
Virtual Server 2005 Special Offer
http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/
For a limited time, all active MSDN Universal and MSDN Enterprise
subscribers can download Virtual Server 2005 Standard and Enterprise
Editions from MSDN Subscriber Downloads, located in the Special Offers
folder.
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6
HarddiskOgg
http://www.fridgesoft.de/harddiskogg.php
HarddiskOgg takes a wave input stream from any Windows 95/98/2000/XP
compatible sampling device (including microphone input and line in) and
converts it to an Ogg Vorbis/Wave/Monkey's Audio/MP3 (optional) stream. This
happens in realtime, so basically it is a harddisk recorder in Ogg Vorbis.
Features:
Real-time encoding with bitrates from 32kbit/sec. up to 320kbit/sec.
Stereo or mono recording from 8kHz to 48kHz
Automatic numbering of output files
Can be placed in the systray and activated by a single click
Smart on-the-fly normalization for low-volume sources
Uses the high quality, patent free Ogg Vorbis encoding engine. Ogg Vorbis
easily outperforms MP3 in sound quality, especially at lower bit rates.
LAME MP3 encoder compatible. However, due to patent issues HarddiskOgg ist
not distributed with the LAME encoding DLL. If you want MP3 support, fetch
LAME_ENC.DLL from the web, but make sure you have the appropriate rights for
doing so.
Command line mode for easy integration or scheduled recordings
No fuss or stupid skinned interface, just works.
HarddiskOgg is FREEWARE!
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7
Renepo worm targets Apple Mac OS X users
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/renepo.html
A new piece of malware written for the Mac OS X operating
system attempts to turn off firewall and security software.
Read more about how Mac users should remain vigilant about
the virus threat, and not assume only Windows users are
under attack.
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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org
Halloween Special Effects
http://www.halloweenonlinemagazine.com/sfx/index.html
Go ahead, scare the neighborhood kids!
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9
Keeping Windows Up To Date
Face it: The computer industry moves so quickly that even your brand-new
copy of Windows is probably out of date in some way or another. The answer?
Until Windows , frustrated users had to search through the Internet
for the "magic fix," hoping to find the up-to-date, newly improved file that
would cure their systems and make Windows act normally.
Windows makes searching for fixes much easier with its newly improved
Windows Update program.
Click Windows Update from the top of the Start menu, and Windows heads for
the Windows Update
site on the Internet.
After you connect, little Web gremlins diagnose your computer and present
you with a list of needed repairs.
You click the updates you want, and the program installs them automatically.
Quick and easy.
Note: Windows Update is nothing new; it started in Windows 98.
However, it's been improved so it doesn't keep sending out false "update"
alarms to users, telling them an update is waiting -- only to have that
update disappear when the user arrives to pick it up.
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10
Netscape 7.2
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp
Netscape 7.2 - built with Mozilla? - is faster than previous versions, has
new, enhanced
security features and, most importantly, gives you a choice when it comes to
browsers.
The Netscape browser gives you "Tabbed Browsing," a Netscape feature that
lets you have multiple web sites open at the same time, in one browser
window.
Now it's easy to flip from one favorite site to another without fighting
through the desktop clutter of multiple browser windows.
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11
Organize Your Desktop
If you are like me you may have a lot of icons on your desktop.
I created a new folder and called it Cleaning into it I put the program
icons for the Cleaning programs;
Cleanup, AdAware, Spybot Search and Destroy etc.
In another I called Photos, I put my program icons for graphics and photos:
Picture it, Paint Shop, Epson Scanner, etc.
You can save quite a lot of space by using folders.
You can even put your folders into a single folder to consolidate all the
programs you have added.
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HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@xxxxxxxxxxx
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (10/28/2004)
All Software listed Alphabetically by Company name as some
companies manufacture more then one product.
Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Oct 26/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.esafe.com/esafe/downloads/virusig.asp
Or
From the Esafe folder in your Start Menu select Download Updates
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AlWil Software
Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Oct 27/2004
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.avast.com/eng/download/updates/index.html
Or
Right click on the AVAST icon in the system tray, Select iAVS Update,
AVAST will check for updates and download the appropriate files as needed.
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Authentium Software Systems
Command antivirus
Last Updated Oct 27/2004
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
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Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)
Quickheal
Last Updated Oct 27/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.quickheal.com/winupg.htm
Or
Open Quickheal select Utility from the top toolbar and liveupdate. Follow
the
onscreen prompts. Alternately you can select Liveupdate directly from the
QuickHeal program menu on the startmenu.
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Frisk Software Systems
Fprot
Last Updated Oct 27/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
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Computer Associates
E-Trust
Last updated Oct 28/2004
To update your software
http://www3.ca.com/support/vicdownload/
Or
From the Respective folder in your Start Menu select Autodownload
For Vet Anti virus
http://www.vet.com.au/html/software/update.html
Be sure to have your Customer ID and your registered email address
handy for verification.
**Note**
We knew this time would come eventually, that Computer Associates would
not continue to support/update the older program
https://www2.my-etrust.com/services/ipe_support??
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GeCad Software
Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated: Oct 28/2004
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
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Grisoft Inc.
AVG
Last updated Oct 27/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
Or
Open AVG and click Virus Database to check for updates
Or
Open AVG control centre and click Update Manager/update now
**Note: To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
Open AVG control centre->update manager->download from server. The
drop downbox should have listed www.grisoft.com (default) and
www.grisoft.cz. (be sure to select "apply" when done to save the changes)
The default site is most often used so can at times become temporarily
unavailable. By using the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz) helps to ease
the server and makes your update go quicker as most don't use it!
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H+Bedv
AntiVir
Last updated Oct 28/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html
Or
Open AntiVir, from the top toolbar select Tools->start internet update and
follow the on screen prompts.
Vexira
Last updated Oct 28/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.html
Or
Open Vexira, from the top toolbar select Tools->start internet update and
follow the on screen prompts.
Vexira Antivirus is marketed by Central Command however it is the same
program as Antivir with only a different name.
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Kaspersky
Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Oct 22/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.kaspersky.com/updates.asp
Or
Open AVP from the top toolbar click Tools-> Update virus definition
Or
From the Kaspersky folder in your Start Menu select AVP updater
*Note* Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update. Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.
**Note: Improved update accessiblity. To ease the update web traffic
Kaspersky labs has additional servers for autoupdating. The program
defaults to use one server but can be altered to check a variety of
servers. Select Kaspersky updater, select update via the internet to
open the drop down box(es) select "location" Check the box labeled
"Use alternate locations from the list" select next and next to update.
This option should stay selected after the first time. This helps
Kaspersky lighten the load for updates and helps you obtain updates
easier.
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Network Associates
Mcafee
Last updated Oct 27/2004
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.asp
(for Virus and Engine updates)
Drsolomn (Product no longer available for new users however
updates still available for current users): Go to the following
Internet site: http://download.mcafee.com/updates/4x.asp
IMPORTANT: When you get to this site you may notice that it refers
to VirusScan. This update is not only for VirusScan. It also works
with Dr.Solomon's.
Or
Open your respective software virus scan scheduler, double click
Auto update, click Run Now to do a manual live update, or click
Schedule to set up a timed live update.
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Norman Data Defence
Norman Virus Control
Last updated Oct 28/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.norman.com/downloads.shtml#definition_files_updates
Be sure to have your Valid Username and password handy for verification.
Or
From the Norman folder in your Start Menu select Internet Update
**Note Norman Virus Control web updates are only for version prior to
5.0. Norman 5.0 can only be updated via the update in the program itself.
Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
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Softwin
BitDefender (Previously known as AVX - AntiVirus eXpert as of Nov 06/01)
Last Updated Oct 28/2004
To update your software
Visit:
http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/downloads.php?menu_id=19&s_id=3
Or
Open BitDefender select Protection Options->live upgrade
Or
From the BitDefender folder in your Start Menu select Bitdefender Live
Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
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Sophos
Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Oct 28/2004
To obtain the latest IDE files
Visit: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/
**Note: Sophos does not update as other products do. They update
the Engine/software once a month (or so) to include all the previous
IDE files. New IDE files are available with new virus threats and must
be downloaded individually until the next software update is available.
Our update dates reflect the most recent available IDE file.
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Symantec
Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Oct 28/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/defs.download.html select
your language -> product from the list
Or
Open Nortons software and click the "live update" button
Or
From the Nortons folder in your Start Menu select LiveUpdate -
Norton Antivirus
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Trend Micro
PcCillin
Last updated Oct 28/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
Be sure to have your Registration number handy for verification
Or
Open PcCillin click Update then click Update Now (or Update later
to Schedule a timed update)
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If there is an Anti Virus program that is Not listed here that
you would like to see added to the weekly updates list Please
feel free to let us know.
Remember Your anti virus software is only as good as the user...
If you don't keep it updated it won't provide you with maximum
protection.
This weekly Update will be sent every Thursday on or after
6pm (eastern) to keep you up to date on virus pattern updates
available. Virus patterns are checked for most recent update
date as of 6pm Thursdays.
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Http://www.hackfix.org
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